Genesis 44:32

For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

In Context

31When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.

33So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.

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Cross References

Genesis 43:8\43:9\Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

Genesis 43:16\43:17\And the servant did as Joseph said, and took the men into Joseph's house.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:19-34

Judah's Appeal on Behalf of Benjamin. ( b. c. 1707.) 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? 20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. 21 And… Read the whole commentary →

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